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Publié le 11.23.2023

Haüy-Lacroix Prize 2023 awarded to Rémy Pierru, by the Société Française de Minéralogie...

Rémy Pierru's thesis, entitled " Mantle melting at high pressure and high temperature: application to early Earth dynamics”, set out to reproduce experimentally the conditions under which the Earth’s mantle melts. The Prix Haüy-Lacroix 2023 was awarded in recognition of the novelty of the experimental approach used, in particular to detect the first traces of partial melting, and the uniqueness...

Publié le 05/07/2023

SOLEIL Highlights 2022

This document presents a selection of the remarkable results achieved by our users and teams. They allow us to remain optimistic for the future, despite a difficult context linked to the...

Publié le 03/04/2023

A training course for teachers between SOLEIL and the Palace of Versailles: a brand-new...

On March 9, 2023, SOLEIL welcomed 15 college and high school teachers from the Versailles Academy for an unprecedented training day on the theme of art restoration and conservation. This is the first...

Publié le 13/01/2023

IPERION HS: free-of-charge access to three beamlines at SOLEIL in cultural heritage

Submit your projects before 28/02 for a free-of-charge access to analysis techniques in heritage science at SOLEIL!

Publié le 05/10/2022

Julie's thesis - episode 6 - The defense

For this 6th and last episode of our series, we follow Julie during the final weeks of her PhD: the writing of her thesis, the rehearsals, and then the great day of the oral defense. A lot of emotion...

Publié le 29/06/2022

SOLEIL Highlights 2021

The non-profit civil company Synchrotron SOLEIL was created in 2001. This new edition of our Highlights looks back on the twentieth anniversary of this creation, a year still marked by the pandemic...

Publié le 22/06/2022

The FSP and Synchrotron SOLEIL renew their framework agreement for cooperation in the...

On 21 June 2022, the renewal of the framework agreement between the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine (FSP) and SOLEIL was signed by Isabelle Pallot-Frossard, President of the FSP, and Jean...

Publié le 15/03/2022

Julie's PhD thesis - episode 5 - The « Institut National du Patrimoine »

For the penultimate episode of this series, we meet again Julie Gordon, doctoral student at the MONARIS laboratory and at the SOLEIL synchrotron, who is finalizing her research work on the alteration...

Publié le 14/03/2022

The patinas of Lunéville château sandstones under the SOLEIL X-rays

Lunéville château, aka the "Versailles of Lorraine", built in sandstone of the region, has had an eventful history marked by several fires. The most recent one, in 2003, was devastating, destroying...

Publié le 16/02/2022

In search of the tools of the first bronze craftsmen in western France

The invention and diffusion of copper and bronze metallurgy in Europe constituted a true technical innovation for societies in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. On the archaeological sites of...

Publié le 28/10/2021

Breast cancer: link between inflammation and microcalcifications

In France, each year, breast cancer represents one third of new cancer cases in women. The incidence of this cancer is increasing, but fortunately with a decreasing mortality rate. Despite this...

Publié le 21/10/2021

How was ancient armor made? A case study on the productions of a famous 16th century...

For several years, interdisciplinary research on weaponry has been carried out in order to question the place of weapons in ancient societies through the study of materials. Physicochemical analysis...